[bksvol-discuss] Re: Medals of Honor recipients (was Re: Re: Just Submitted: The War Against Miss Winter)
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:36:16 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks
Cindy
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--- On Wed, 6/10/09, Shelley L. Rhodes <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Shelley L. Rhodes <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Medals of Honor recipients (was Re: Re: Just
> Submitted: The War Against Miss Winter)
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 6:55 PM
> Hey Cindy, I think you are doing an
> awesome job, smile. Typos and all. I know we
> were really worried about you when we didn't hear from you
> and am glad that things are settling into a rhythm. It
> is going to take time, smile but I know you will go at it,
> attack it and keep going, as you always do, smile.
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
> And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog
> guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs for the Blind
> Alumni Association
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> The people who burned witches at the stake never for one
> moment thought of their act as violence;
> rather they thought of it as an act of divinely mandated
> righteousness.
> The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have
> ever committed. -Gil Bailie, author and lecturer (b. 1944)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:21 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Medals of Honor recipients
> (was Re: Re: Just Submitted: The War Against Miss Winter)
>
>
> >
> > My pleasure. It's interesting. I started describing
> the illustrations but as they're just photos of the
> soldiers, both as youngsters aand as older men, I'm not
> going to continue. The book will then go more quickly. And
> the other two I have I think will go fairly quickly. The one
> I just finished was hideous. Because the missing pages were
> in italics and in some cases formatted as poetry and didn't
> scan, I typed them in. Good therapy for me, but very slow,
> as I had to read very carefully and type very slowly. Even
> hen I missed hitting the right key and instead hit the one
> next to it.
> >
> > Quick Explanation for you newcomers. I had a
> *very* mild stroke--which has had some mild effects--nothing
> serious. I was *very* lucky--but if you've noticed a lot of
> typos in my posts that's why.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection)
> and books-being-scanned list available at sites below
> >
> >
> >
> > Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
> >
> > Books Being Scanned List:
> > https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 6/10/09, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Medals of Honor
> recipients (was Re: Re: Just Submitted: The War Against Miss
> Winter)
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 5:21 PM
> >> Cindy, I'm looking forward to reading
> >> that Medals of Honor recipients book eventually,
> too.
> >> Thank you again for taking over proofreading it,
> when I
> >> couldn't. smile.
> >>
> >> Just saw a new book come into the collection on
> the Horse
> >> Soldiers (U.S. Unit that won over the war lords
> in
> >> Afghanistan). Can't wait to read that one
> >> either. One of my friends is a USMC Cobra
> pilot that
> >> was part of that action, and he sent me some
> amazing
> >> photographs at the time from Afghanistan.
> One is of a
> >> group of American soldiers and Afghan fighters,
> all on
> >> horseback and wearing Afghan robes. One of
> the
> >> soldiers is using a Toughbook laptop identical to
> the one I
> >> use and a laser sight to guide in a Naval fighter
> pilot's
> >> strike against a Taliban unit. It portrays an
> amazing
> >> contrast between the traditional horse mounted
> unit in
> >> desert garb coordinating with and using
> state-of-the-art
> >> airborne weapons systems for support.
> >>
> >> Judy s.
> >>
> >> Cindy wrote:
> >> > That souonds lke fun reading, especially for
> some of
> >> use who
> >> > lived through through those days. Too bad I
> already
> >> have 3
> >> > things to do, one of which is long but
> >> interesting--(Medals of
> >> > Honor reipients--that's not the title but
> the
> >> > content.--fascinating Cindy
> >>
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